2018, Number 4
Basic course in Medical Education. Experiences in
Moynelo RH, Fernández OB, Peña VD, Suarez FR, Valdés CÁ
Language: Spanish
References: 15
Page: 199-211
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ABSTRACT
Introduction: The health professionals' training as further professors is a necessity to which the Cuban medical university has given attention and priority as a response to the social mission of training its human resources, given the correspondence between scientific preparation of professors in the field of educational sciences with the relevance, quality and efficiency of teaching. The development of the Basic Course in Medical Education has contributed to this aim in General Calixto García Medical School.Objective: To characterize the development of the Basic Course in Medical Education in General Calixto García Medical School, in the period 2014-2017, and the accumulated experiences for its continuous improvement.
Methods: A descriptive study was carried out of the last sex editions within the period 2012-2017, considering the variables study program, teaching category of the participants at the beginning of the course, satisfaction with their development, and outcomes of the teaching promotion. For the empirical investigations, two surveys were applied to the course students. The PNI technique was applied as part of the general assessment of the course.
Results: It was obtained that a total of 313 health professionals associated to the teaching activities were trained, of which 40 % did not have a teaching category, 1 % were Instructors, and 1 % had the category of Assistant, all immersed in the process of obtaining or promoting teaching categorization. The general evaluation of the course was very satisfactory, highlighting with positive opinions the quality and preparation of the faculty, the satisfaction with the topics and contents treated and their application to their teaching practice, the wide bibliography offered, as well as the exchange produced in the group work.
Conclusions: The Basic Course in Medical Education facilitates professors without teaching training the appropriation of fundamental tools that allow them to apply the scientific and pedagogical foundations in the training processes of professionals in Health Sciences and has been highly valued by the students and other actors in the process. The criteria obtained will contribute to its continuous improvement, in order to achieve the transformation of health professionals associated with education sciences.
REFERENCES
Gómez Zayas O, Segredo Pérez AM, Hernández García L, Lozada Chinea M. Preparación de los profesores que imparten la práctica docente en la asignatura Clínica IV. Educ Med Sup. 2013 [citado 11 Abr 2013];27(1). Disponible en: http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0864-21412013000100010&lng=es